A top Iranian military leader who oversees dealings between Tehran and groups like Hezbollah has not been heard from since an attack that killed a Hezbollah official last week.

Oct 6 (Reuters) - Iran's Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, who travelled to Lebanon after the killing last month of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike, has not been heard from since strikes on Beirut late last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters.

The commander of Iran's Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, has gone missing following his trip to Beirut, which has been targeted by Israeli strikes, according to The Times of Israel. After Israel eliminated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in strikes in Beirut,

Israeli forces bombarded Hezbollah sites in Lebanon's Beirut and a Hamas command centre within a hospital in Gaza as it marked one year of fighting with Hamas after the Palestinian group's attack on the Jewish nation,

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a mosque in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 19 people. Israel meanwhile intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Beirut on Sunday in its widening war on Iran-allied militant groups across the region.

By Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Alexander Cornwell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli air attacks battered Beirut's southern suburbs overnight and early on Sunday in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel sharply escalated its campaign against Iran-backed group Hezbollah last month.